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取笑

qǔ xiào

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

取笑 (qǔ xiào) means "to tease; to make fun of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 取笑 means

1. to tease; to make fun of

The characters in 取笑

• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose
• 笑xiàoto laugh; to smile; to laugh at

Example sentences

• 不要取笑人。
  Don't make fun of people.
• 我不想被取笑。
  I don't want to be laughed at.
• 他们取笑玛丽。
  They made fun of Mary.
• 你不该取笑汤姆。
  You shouldn't make fun of Tom.
• 她取笑了她的丈夫。
  She made fun of her husband.
• 我们取笑了他这一点。
  Wǒmen qǔxiào le tā zhè yīdiǎn.
  We made fun of him about this.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǔ xiào correctly.
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